1956 Summer Olympics (Games of the XVI Olympiad) The 1956 Summer Olympics was an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne‚ Victoria. It took place from the 22nd of November to the 8th of December. 3314 athletes from 72 nations participated‚ and 314 competitors were Australian. Australia won a total of 35 medals (13 gold‚ 8 silver‚ 14 bronze)‚ and was ranked 3rd overall. The flag bearer for Australia was Mervyn Wood (rower). At the Games‚ 13 swimming events were held‚ seven
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The Olympic Game is a mega-event in the world‚ it represent the spirit of friendship‚ peace and solidarity. Today‚ the Olympic Games are just a little different than in ancient times. More than two hundreds nations participate in it‚ and compete to bid for hosting the Olympic Games to gain benefits (Toohey & Veal 2007‚ pp.1-4). It is therefore suggested in this essay‚ nations consider that hosting Olympic Games can bring benefits beyond economic profits to country. Infrastructural development
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Introduction: After countless years of disappointment in 2001 dreams became reality and the unique opportunity was granted to the Chinese delegates at the bidding for the Olympic Games. The event not only represents the promotion of athleticism‚ but also marks the first step of China emergence as a major global player. It was no coincidence that the opening ceremony of the games was on 8th of August 2008. The date was no ordinary date‚ 8 is considered a blessed number in China‚ representing luck
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Cross-cultural Negotiation & Decision-making Tutorial activity 1: Ongoing Semester Case Study – Businessville Hotel. All over China and in Beijing in particular‚ plans were put in place to host the world’s biggest sporting event – the 2008 Olympic Games. Although the games are now over‚ other major sporting events are to be held in Beijing and the manager of the Beijing Businessville Hotel wants to attract the Swiss National Shooting team to stay in his hotel. He wants to start negotiating
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Muluh A. Mokom A Critique on Sydney 2000 Olympic Games: A Project management perspective. Context of Case Sydney 2000 Olympic Games: a Project management perspective provides a general appraisal on the activities and events leading up to the successful hosting of the 26th modern Olympic Games in September 2000. The case presents the different stakeholders involved with the different aspects linked with the games. There is the Sydney Olympics Bid Limited (SOBL) that was in-charged of preparing
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International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a multinational institution based on humanitarian factors established with the main objective being availing humanitarian aid to victims of war and other calamities (Kim & Schneider 2009). ICRC basically known as Red Cross is a an organization established and focused to deliver humanitarian services in times of both natural disasters such as floods‚ droughts‚ storms and earthquakes as well as
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Should Rome really give up its 2024 Olympic Dream? Less than 18 months after Rome unveiled its ambitions plans to host the 2024 Olympics‚ the city could be ready to abandon its Olympic project. The writing was on the wall as soon as the Five Star Movement (M5S) took control of city hall in June. The city’s new mayor‚ 37-year-old lawyer‚ Virginia Raggi‚ during her election campaign repeatedly said she was not in favour of the 2024 bid‚ insisting the city had more pressing issues to solve. Since
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important Olympic sports in the 2000’s was cycling. The reason why cycling was popular became because of the Lance Armstrong and his battle with cancer‚ yet continued to ride his way to many cycling medal’s and trophies. Before Lance‚ the history of cycling in the USA started in 1920 with an organization called Amateur Bicycling League of America. The organization changed to United States Cycling Federation‚ which merged with USA Cycling in 1995 to become one. Cycling has always been in the Olympics since
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Assignment #4: Case 13-1 “Advertising‚ Public Relations and the 2008 Beijing Olympics” International Marketing Analyze the reasons why the Chinese government hired a Western public relations firm to work on the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Over the past three decades or so‚ the body of knowledge of public relations has grown significantly and public relations continue to evolve as a strong discipline (Sriramesh and Vercic‚ 2001). It is important to note that public relations are not marketing
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accomplish his goals at the 1936 Olympic Games? Planning the investigation: To answer this question‚ I looked into two main topics. I researched what Hitler’s goals actually were‚ and whether each of these goals had been fulfilled. I also evaluated two resources both created around the year 1936‚ to determine their relevance to a historian today. After this‚ I made a final analysis of my evidence. By investigating this‚ I hope to understand how far the reality of the Olympics corresponded with Hitler’s
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